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THE discovery that the haptoglobin present in human serum can be resolved into a number of different types by electrophoresis in starch gel1 and the subsequent demonstration that these types are controlled genetically2 has opened a new field of investigation in human population genetics. Already the distribution of the haptoglobin phenotypes has been reported for a number of different populations in the world3, and several other investigations privately reported to us are in progress.
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KIRK, R., LAI, L., MAHMOOD, S. et al. Haptoglobin Types in South-East Asia. Nature 185, 185–186 (1960). https://doi.org/10.1038/185185a0
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